Stella & Rose's Books

MEMORABLE COARSE FISH
Written by Faddist.
Stock no. 1327784
Published by Burlington Publishing Company Limited. Circa 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An 'Angler's News' publication. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 115 pages. Spine bumped. Foxing and light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed, browned to spine and chipped at edges with slight loss.

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FRENCH DESTROYERS: TORPILLEURS D'ESCADRE & CONTRE-TORPILLEURS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Jean Moulin.
Stock no. 1828104
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between the wars, the French produced some of the larges and fastest destroyers in the world. This volume blends technical and historical analysis. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848321984. Corners lightly rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly faded to spine.

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FRENCH ARMOURED CRUISERS 1887-1932
Written by John Jordan; Philippe Caresse.
Stock no. 1828103
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book has as its subject the French armoured cruisers built from the late 1880s until shortly before the outbreak of the Great War, beginning with the revolutionary Dupuy-de-Lome, the world's first modern armoured cruiser, and ending with the impressive six-funnelled Edgar Quinet and Waldeck-Rousseau. The primary focus is on the tgechnical characterstics of the ships. Large format. Blue boarfds, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781526741189. Light rubbing to corners else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean and bright.

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THE BSA MOTORCYCLE MANUAL: 500 C.C. O.H.V. VERTICAL TWIN MODEL A7 AND A7 STAR TWIN 1947-1950
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327782
Published by B.S.A. Motor Cycles Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition.

Title inside front cover is The B.S.A. Vertical Twin Power Unit. Small format. Red cardwraps. B/w diagrams. 68 pages (incuding index). Covers a little grubby and rubbed. Some very pale foxing and page edge browning but contents generally clean. Remains of a small white label to inside rear cover.

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CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE VOLUME IX CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Written by Richard N. Bailey.
Stock no. 1828102
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This volume in the acclaimed Corpus series provides a full analytical catalogue of all known pre-Norman sculpture from the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780197264621. Name & date to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper has a tiny tear to inside front flap crease and is lightly scuffed.

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CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE VOLUME VIII WESTERN YORKSHIRE
Written by Elizabeth Coatsworth.
Stock no. 1828101
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume in the acclaimed Corpus series completes the cataloguing of the stone sculptures of Yorkshire and boosts our understanding of the artistic development of southern Northumbria in the pre-Viking and Anglo-Scandinavian periods. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780197264256. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper has a 1" closed tear to lower edge of front panel (no loss) and is a little scuffed.`

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THE PORTUGUESE SEABORNE EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327780
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive record of nearly four centuries of exploitation and bureaucracy in India, the Orient, Africa and Brazil, and a detailed study of the fleets, the men, the missions and racialism involved in this extraordinary maritime achievement. Blue cloth with green title labels to spine (and gilt titles). B/w photos & maps. 426 pages including index. ISBN: 0090979400. Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly faded. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly faded to spine and with a small tear to lower edge of front panel.

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RACE RELATIONS IN THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327779
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 136 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Neat writing to rear free-endpaper (list of further titles to read). Dustwrapper is damp stained to edges of front panel.

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BRITISH CRUISERS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 1828099
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. B/w photos. 444 pages including index and appendices. A detailed account of the design, construction and technical history of the cruisers that served in the Royal Navy during the second world war. 121 cruisers are described with over 60 sets of detailed plans. ISBN: 0853683042. Board edges lightly rubbed. Contents have been bound a little too low in the boards so the lower text block edge is level with the lower board. Text block browned. Name & number in red ink to front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, faded to spine, lightly edge-worn.

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THE GENTLEMAN GYPSY
Written by Gordon Stables.
Stock no. 1327776
Published by The Kylin Press. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A republication of the author's 1300 mile journey in 1885 in the 2-ton "Land Yacht Wanderer". Limited edition of 500 copies. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Author of many children's books, little did he think he would become the father of modern caravanning and first vice-president of the Caravan Club when formed in 1907. ISBN: 0907128157. This is copy no. 404. Spine and corners bumped. Inludes a small erratum slip stating "first published in leisure hour in 1885 and 1886". Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly faded to spine.

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THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ELIZABETH STUART, QUEEN OF BOHEMIA VOLUME II 1632-1642
Written by Elizabeth Stuart; Nadine Akkerman.
Stock no. 1828096
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume II only (of 3 volumes). This book covers Elizabeth's life as a widow controlling regency during her eldest son's minority and imprisonment. Edited by Nadine Akkerman. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780199551088. Shelf-wear to top of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Else a lovely copy. Cream dustwrapper has a small closed tear (no loss) to lower front edge.

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LORDS OF THE LAKE: THE NAVAL WAR ON LAKE ONTARIO, 1812-1814
Written by Robert Malcolmson.
Stock no. 1828089
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Naval War Between the United States and the British Provinces in Canada 1812-1814. Yellow cloth boards, navy title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx + 411 pages. ISBN: 1861761120. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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